Conky manager? I don't know what that is. My Conky uses a script at ~/.conkyrc. It is manually configured. As GarryRicketson suggested, plug "conky" into a search engine; there's lots of info and suggestions.

Yes, points to the OP for asking on how to handle it rather than just blindly adding the PPA, which would always be a gamble.

I have the original conky-manager and conkymanager2 (I renamed the 2.X version so both could be installed at once) for the Wheezy-based MEPIS 12 repo, and it's very popular. You can install .7z theme packs into it that allow for all kinds of customized conkys if the user doesn't want to fool around with the conkyrc syntax.

I see we need those rebuilt for the Jessie-based MX 15 repo, for which we have started some heavy development. We'll probably have a public beta next month.

Hi Sorry here Iam new and I have dredged up a very old topic.I would be glad of any news developments regarding "Conky-Manager"I am running 9.2 stretch and would like to get my mits on this software.Google is my friend and has flagged up this post which I hope to resurrect.

I have conky installed and running and wish to go further.Any further help greatly received.--Data007

LPC11 wrote:Conky Manager is not available with Jessie, so if you want to stay within the stable environment, you have to configure Conky manually.

and also this:

Head_on_a_Stick wrote:It seems to run but it's a bit buggy (GNOME desktop)...

has been the case for all the conky managers i ever tried.it's in the nature of conky to be highly specialized for- your requirements and setup- screen- set of fontsetc.so no amount of automation will remove the need to fiddle with it.but thankfully, many linux forums have dedicated conky threads to get help.i know https://forums.bunsenlabs.org/index.php has several, and ubuntuforums.org also iirc.

debiman wrote:but thankfully, many linux forums have dedicated conky threads to get help.

+1. The easiest method is to hunt around until you find a conky setup you like. Copy the ~/.conkyrc to your system and try it. If you still like it, customize it. It will take a bit of fiddling but you'll learn.